Q: In December I will be getting married and and my father wants to do walima in a very simple way like only family memebers of our home (sister, their husbands and my brother and her fiance) for a lunch or dinner gathering at my home. And by doing this we want to save money and wants to do two things.

1. Arrangement of lunch for the 500 kids of the madrasa on the same day.

2. Hajj performance for me and my wife in the same year.

Nowadays, minimum 6 lac required for any kind of ceremony for the 500 people and we think that its completely waste of money and showoff. So we want to utilise money in this way. Although we can do the ceremony like its happening these days but we think that feeding 500 madrasa kids is more important than the wealthy people. My questions are as follows:

1. Is this right doing this way?

2. Is this money can be used for hajj or not?

3. Walima is sunnat, will this be accomplished by doing it in this way? By feeding madrasa kids? Looking forward for your guidance.

Q: I have applied for US non-immigration visa to meet my son with my wife and daughter. Today we gave interview but the embassy refused. Now I want to appeal, please suggest.

Q: Mujhe har roz raat me theek se neend nahi aati aur bure khwaab aate hain aur zindagi me achha nahi lagta. Koi dua bataiye.

Q: I need some clarity as to whether the below statements are valid talaaq or not?

1. My husband asked me a question: "What will you do if I have to ask you for a divorce?"

2. When asked by my family if he wanted to leave me, he only nodded to confirm yes.

3. We signed a settlement agreement regarding the visitation rights of the children and maintenance. He now regrets everything and wants to reconcile.

Please advise if we can and the correct way to do so.

Q: Does a person have to pay zakaat on an extra house he bought and which is rented out? Similarly does one have to pay zakaat on the rent?

Q: Can zakaat money be spent on the funeral expenses of a deserving lady? Please advise where zakaat money can be spent?

Q: I was wondering, since we as Muslims need to break away totally from all forms of shirk, is it permissible to drink tea from companies that use doasit, or ayurvedic medicine? I am concerned with the companies using medicinal protocols that stem from shirk. Although the teas of herbal formulations would be completely halaal in terms of just being plant made, can we still buy and use them due to them being derived form those kinds of wrong medicial practices?

Q: My question is my husband brought something for me when he came from shopping but I wasn't happy with what he brought, then he came in anger and said (dil chahta ha ke aik din na rakhu). Me chup ho gayi. Now I am very upset. Did anything happen with this? After sometime everything settled down.

Q: Please can you advise if it is permissible for females to use fake eyelashes and make wudhu?

Q: I want to ask that while reciting the ayah in which sajdah is recommended we do sajdah. But when I remember one of these ayah I've to repeat them approximately 40 time. Do I have to do sajah 40 times or 1 time?